Content note: One panel shows two graves, one marked with a German Iron Cross bearing a swastika. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Clothing neglect
Army conservation sheet in olive and black: five small panels run from a mountain of discarded clothing to a factory, shells and fuel cans, and two graves (one under a cross, one under an Iron Cross with a swastika), and end with a soldier running home. The banner text chains clothing waste to war supply, then to 'destruction of our enemies' and getting soldiers home sooner.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1945
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Army Conservation Program (Save)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Own forces
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-585 (NAID 514065).
Text on the object
Clothing Neglect Means mountains of discarded clothing to replace —which wastes labor, storage and transportation — needed to supply more ammunition, gasoline and guns — to speed up the destruction of our enemies — and GET YOU HOME SOONER! U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1945—O—628174] ARMY CONSERVATION PROJECT NO. 137-Q-43.
